Minneapolis Mayor Explodes After Fatal ICE Shooting: ‘Get The F*ck Out’
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey lashed out at federal agents Wednesday, blaming Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the fatal shooting of a woman during a chaotic immigration raid and telling ICE to “get the f*ck out” of his city.
The shooting occurred during a federal operation targeting illegal immigrants and suspected fraud in Minneapolis. The Department of Homeland Security said the woman, described as a violent agitator, attempted to run over federal agents with her car. An ICE officer, reportedly fearing for his life, fired at the vehicle. The woman later died of her injuries.
But Frey rejected that account entirely. Standing alongside city officials and the police chief, he accused the Trump administration of lying and claimed ICE was responsible for escalating violence in the city.
“To ICE, get the f*ck out of Minneapolis,” Frey said at a press conference. “We do not want you here… Now somebody is dead. And that’s on you.”
The mayor’s remarks came after DHS declared the incident an act of domestic terrorism and defended the ICE officer’s actions as self-defense. Federal officials said agents were swarmed by agitators trying to block the operation when the woman weaponized her vehicle in an attempt to kill them. One ICE agent was injured and is expected to recover.
Video footage from the scene shows agents surrounding a car stopped in the road. As one agent approaches the front of the vehicle, the driver suddenly hits the gas. The car appears to clip the agent, who then opens fire. The vehicle veers off and crashes nearby. The woman was transported to a hospital with a gunshot wound to the head and later pronounced dead.
Governor Tim Walz also challenged the DHS account, calling it “propaganda” and promising a state investigation. “I’ve seen the video,” Walz said. “Don’t believe this propaganda machine.”
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara confirmed that local officers responded after the shooting and located the woman in the crashed vehicle. He said the FBI and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are now leading the investigation.
Despite the confrontation, Frey doubled down on his criticism of ICE, calling their presence “hate” and accusing federal agents of “ripping apart families.”
“We are better than a bunch of ICE agents being deployed to cities around the country,” he said. “So we are going to meet that hate with love.”
The Trump administration’s deployment of 2,000 federal agents to Minnesota has sparked fury among state Democrats. The operation comes amid an ongoing investigation into widespread fraud in the state’s welfare system, much of it reportedly tied to Somali-run daycares and shell nonprofits. Minneapolis remains a central hub of that probe.
Federal officials say the presence of ICE is necessary to root out criminal networks and restore law and order. But Wednesday’s fatal shooting has turned the political temperature up, drawing a clear battle line between the Trump administration’s crackdown and local officials determined to resist it — no matter the cost.